加载中…佐治亚州概览
(2012-12-11 14:26:41)
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佐治亚州 （Georgia）是美国建国期间第4个加入的州。
佐治亚州 （Georgia）是美国建国期间第4个加入联邦的州。约一个世纪以后，佐治亚州与其他6个州脱离联邦，导致国家陷入内战。游客们在这里可以发现南方故园（Old South）宁静的美，也可以体验亚特兰大（Atlanta）等地城市中心的繁华景象。
有关佐治亚州的详情见探索美国网站DiscoverAmerica.com。
首府：亚特兰大
人口：近1,000万人居住在佐治亚州。
地理：佐治亚州南部濒临大西洋（Atlantic），海岸线不长。西部和北部是一大片肥沃的农田；该州宽370公里、长480公里，总面积59,425平方公里。
高等教育：佐治亚有近70所公立学院、大学和技术专科学校，另有超过45所的私立高等学府。公立大学有佐治亚大学（University of Georgia）等，这所公立大学在美国历史最为悠久。
主要产业：农业、纺织业和造纸业。该州有诸多军事设施，美军各兵种都在这里建立了许多军事基地。
佐治亚州名人：前总统吉米·卡特（Jimmy Carter）、民权活动家马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）及美国女童子军创始人朱丽叶·洛（Juliette Gordon Low）。
国际联系：佐治亚州的萨瓦纳（Savannah）与希腊的帕特拉斯（Patras, Greece）、德国的哈雷（Halle, Germany）、布基纳法索的卡亚（Kaya, Burkina Faso）、格鲁吉亚共和国的巴统（Batumi in the Republic of Georgia）结为友好城市。
趣闻逸事：
•人称黑胡子（Blackbeard）的海盗爱德华·蒂奇（Edward Teach）曾在佐治亚州一岛上定居，1975年美国国会将此地划为黑胡子岛自然保护区（Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area）。
• 维代利亚洋葱（Vidalia onion）是世界上最甜的洋葱，只有佐治亚州小城维代利亚和格伦维尔（Glennville）附近的农田才出产这种洋葱。
• 1886年，约翰·彭伯顿（John S. Pemberton）博士在亚特兰大发明了著名的饮料可口可乐（Coca-Cola ）。
探险活动：佐治亚州的布卢明代尔（Bloomingdale）每年春天举办“泥塘长跑大赛”（Big Nasty Mud Run），全程6公里，路上泥泞难行，许多成人和儿童纷纷参加这一活动，磨练自己的意志和技巧。
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/inbrief/2012/08/20120831135336.html#ixzz2EiqUE25S
Georgia at a Glance
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Find out more about Georgia, founded in 1733 to give “industrious but unfortunate poor” a fresh start.
Georgia, the fourth state to join the new nation, seceded with six other states less than a century later and plunged the country into civil war. Visitors can find the quiet beauty of the Old South alongside vibrant urban centers like Atlanta.
Find out more about Georgia at DiscoverAmerica.com
Capital: Atlanta
Population: Nearly 10 million people live in Georgia.
Geography: Georgia’s rich farmland rises west and north from a small stretch of south Atlantic coastline. It is 370 kilometers wide, 480 kilometers long and encompasses 59,425 square kilometers.
Higher Education: Georgia has nearly 70 public colleges, universities and technical colleges in addition to more than 45 private institutes of higher learning. Its public universities include the University of Georgia, the oldest public university in the United States.
Major Industries are agriculture, textiles and paper manufacturing. The military is also big business for Georgia: It’s the home of many bases representing all branches of the U.S. armed services.
Famous Georgians include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and U.S. Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low.
International Connection: Savannah, Georgia, has sister city relationships with Patras, Greece; Halle, Germany; Kaya, Burkina Faso; and Batumi in the Republic of Georgia.
Fun Facts:
• Blackbeard the pirate (Edward Teach) made his home on a Georgia island that the U.S. Congress in 1975 set aside as Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area.
• The Vidalia onion, known as the sweetest onion in the world, can be grown only in the fields around the Georgia towns of Vidalia and Glennville.
• The popular beverage Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta.
Adventure Idea: Each spring, Bloomingdale, Georgia, hosts the Big Nasty Mud Run. Men, women and children test their endurance strength and skill as they race a 6-kilometer obstacle course with lots and lots of mud.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2012/06/201206036715.html#ixzz2EiqVx57W
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